History[]
The eponymous protagonist of the 2000 AD strip Durham Red (who was also the hero of the Judge Dredd Megazine strip The Scarlet Apocrypha) was a vampiric mutant bounty hunter, or Strontium Dog. Occasionally teaming up with Johnny Alpha on missions, and also for a time with the late Frinton Fuzz, she was also known as the 'Strontium Bitch'. Durham Red was eventually placed in suspended animation for a millennium, awakening in a universe where she was worshipped as a mythical saint of mutant-kind. She is known to have lived for at least a further thousand years after this, and eventually saw the end of humanity and the rise of a new race of mutants.
Powers and abilities[]
Powers
Haematophagy.
Abilities
Proficient fighter and bounty hunter.
Strength level
Peak human female.
Weaknesses
Needs daily intake of fresh blood to stay alive.
Paraphernalia[]
Equipment
Lots
Weapons
Shrecks NOS-4-R2 voice-activated multi-round blaster; time grenade; particle/laser blaster; vibro-blade.
Notes[]
The subsequent revision of Johnny Alpha's history may mean that some or all of the Durham Red stories must be considered apocryphal, or at least did not occur precisely as originally recounted.
Trivia[]
- Durham Red's creators originally considered calling her 'Chelsea Blue', before deciding that this was insufficiently sanguinary. It was revealed in the 1995 2000 AD Sci-Fi Special that her real name was originally Lucy, and that Durham was her married surname; Red was apparently a nickname she adopted, but a clerical error with a missing comma when she joined the Search/Destroy Agency resulted in "Durham Red" becoming her official name.
- In 2000 AD prog 521 Durham shared a shower with Johnny Alpha and Ronald Reagan (yes, really).
Links[]
- Appearances of Durham Red
- Character Gallery: Durham Red
- Images that feature Durham Red
- Fan-Art Gallery: Durham Red
- Durham Red quotations
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